<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,   And on it put a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56736]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30989]]></link><description><![CDATA[My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lilies are still lilies, pulled By smutty hands, though spotted from their white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gray hair is God's graffiti. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gray hair is God's graffiti.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd, In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62320]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd, In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is the only sport I know that when you are on offense the other team controls the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   We must be willing to accept the bitter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921   We must be willing to accept the bitter truth that, in the end, we may have to become a burden to those who love us. But it is necessary that we face this also. The full acceptance of our abjection and uselessness is the virtue that can make us and others rich in the grace of God. It takes heroic charity and humility to let others sustain us when we are absolutely incapable of sustaining ourselves. We cannot suffer well unless we see Christ everywhere, both in suffering and in the charity of those who come to the aid of our affliction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union of hands--   And the flag of our Union for ever!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime, and should be taken in small doses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining;  Thy fate is the common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; Behind the clouds the sun is shining;  Thy fate is the common fate of all,   Into each life some rain must fall,    Some days must be dark and dreary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watched clock never tells the time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well," answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13195]]></link><description><![CDATA["Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well," answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, "we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steal!--to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steal!--to be sure they may; and egad, serve your best thoughts as gypsies do stolen children, disfigure them to make 'em pass for their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing at how small a price may the wedding ring be placed upon a worthless hand; but, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53284]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing at how small a price may the wedding ring be placed upon a worthless hand; but, by the beauty of our law, what heaps of gold are indispensable to take it off!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny and his staff have represented Duquesne with class. I thanked him for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danny and his staff have represented Duquesne with class. I thanked him for that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55890]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw young Harry, with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus And witch the world with noble horsemanship. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Leader DeLay is a fixture within the conservative movement and has a strong record of accomplishments, which makes him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Majority Leader DeLay is a fixture within the conservative movement and has a strong record of accomplishments, which makes him an inviting target for liberals and Democrats alike. It goes with the territory. He understands that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It means a lot to me to have the honor to sing at the School Board meeting. I take it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40480]]></link><description><![CDATA[It means a lot to me to have the honor to sing at the School Board meeting. I take it pretty seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jean! The jean is the destructor! It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity. The jean must be stopped! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jean! The jean is the destructor! It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity. The jean must be stopped!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatched in the same nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15353]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idle men are the devil's playfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idle men are the devil's playfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a friend askes, there is no to morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50062]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a friend askes, there is no to morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34184]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice when my brother joined the band. It seemed like things really clicked and came together with him on bass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he who loves must live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2235]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he who loves must live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to build up real expertise in dealing with them. They will look at using specialists like Spark of Genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are many counsellors there is safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are many counsellors there is safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42215]]></link><description><![CDATA[He may step into sensitive areas that could harm the security of the US Government or other countries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet. Cherish them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269   Those of a strong doctrinal background... assumed that Christ tied the knot when the catechism was memorized and parroted correctly. The result: a generation so obsessed with saying it right, they hardly dare say it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6341</guid></item></channel></rss>